Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Real Estate, Insurance and Forestry & Paper sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 1.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Involys (CS:INV), which rose 8.52% or 8.95 points to trade at 113.95 at the close. Snep (CS:SNP) added 5.10% or 3.93 points to end at 80.98 and Micro Data SA (CS:MIC) was up 4.90% or 6.50 points to 139.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fenie Brossette (CS:FBR), which lost 9.26% or 9.90 points to trade at 97.00 in late trade. Zellidja S.A (CS:ZELI) declined 5.28% or 7.95 points to end at 142.45 and Lafarge Ciments (CS:LAC) shed 4.38% or 71 points to 1550.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 26 to 15 and 9 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 2.20% or 0.72 to $33.50 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 2.68% or 0.95 to hit $36.39 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 1.07% or 13.10 to trade at $1233.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.28% to 10.7730, while USD/MAD rose 0.35% to 9.9133.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.20% at 98.33.